On the fourth Friday of every summer month, families can chill out at the Crocker and explore art and artmaking of all kinds through fun happenings around the Museum.

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Summer Family Friday

Designed for individuals who are blind or have low vision and their guests, these 50-minute tours offer detailed verbal description of artworks and guided dialogue and discussion among participants.

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Highly Descriptive Tour

Kids push the limits of their creativity with hands-on artmaking that explores a different medium each session. 

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Material Explosion: Clay Play

People living with chronic pain and their family, friends, and caregivers are invited to explore the wonders of art and the creative mind.

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Art Rx

Discover the history of botanical art and explore key techniques that make it a unique and meticulous form of illustration. 

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Nature Journaling and Illustration

Uncover the artistry behind the Crocker Art Museum's architecture on this 90-minute docent-led tour. 

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Architecture Tours

Campers explore different mediums, themes, and activities through exclusive behind-the-scenes tours in the galleries and hands-on artmaking with local artists in the studios.

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Crocker Art Camp: Art Explorer Lab

It’s fashion, darling! Learn tricks of the trade from local and student designers through a mix of runway showcases, hands-on activities, and “behind-the-seams" looks at garment design.

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Behind the Seams

Toddlers explore artmaking in new ways with different materials, from printmaking and color mixing to working with clay and fabric.

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Artful Tot

Step back in time with a docent on this history-infused tour about the Crocker family and the era in which they lived. 

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History Tours

Find your flow with Sunday yoga in the Crocker’s shaded outdoor courtyard. This 45-minute yoga session invites you to stretch, breathe, and unwind in a serene setting, surrounded by art and nature. 

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Yoga in the Courtyard

This tour is the perfect way to introduce art to children ages 5 and older and the adults who tag along with them! 

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Kids & Co. Gallery Adventure

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Crocker Art Camp: Building Imagination

This 30-minute docent-led exploration of a single artwork is rich with group discussion. 

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Look & Learn

Step into your creative era with the Crocker’s Teen Art Labs, artistic workshops that offer the chance to explore visual arts and define your unique visual aesthetic.

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Teen Art Labs: Aerosol Art

Merge the literary and visual arts with a guided viewing and discussion experience, based on the book Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets, & Philosophers by Leonard Koren. 

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The Art of Reading

Baby Loves Art engages babies (up to 18 months old) in a visually stimulating gallery walk and gives parents and caregivers a fun opportunity to connect with their babies and each other.

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Baby Loves Art

Art observation and conversation serve as a gateway to memories and social interaction during this tour designed for visitors living with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease

Meet Me at the Museum

Navigate the complexities and beauty of the human form through a dynamic day of figure drawing.

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Live Figure Drawing

For more than 50 years, the Crocker has proudly presented its classical concert series, featuring the finest musicians and singers from the Sacramento region and around the world. 

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Classical Concert: México Atemporal

Crocker Art Camp: Out of this World

Children engage with a different work of art through dialogue and interactions that encourage visual literacy, social-emotional skills, creative confidence, and museum familiarity.  

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Wee Wednesday

Discover the Art Cart, an in-gallery interactive that offers creative activities and gallery games. This summer, enjoy exciting interpretations of the Crocker’s collection of California Impressionism.  

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Summer Art Cart

Explore what's on view at the Crocker from fan favorites to new exhibitions.

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Collection & Exhibition Tour

Craft a 3D box that represents what makes you ... you! Get excited about meeting new students this year.

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Teacher Workshop: Portrait Boxes

Break free at ArtMix, the Crocker’s fun-filled evening extravaganza bursting with live performances, DJed music, festive food and drinks, art activities, and so much more! 

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ArtMix: Endless Summer

Create a piece of art to cherish in this vibrant family workshop. From colorful paintings to kid-friendly crafts, each session offers the opportunity to make a collaborative artwork with loved ones in an hour or less.  

Art Blast for Families

Celebrate a furry friend by painting a pet portrait to cherish for years to come.

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Painting Pet Portraits

Explore relaxation through rhythm and the relationship between active music making and our own well-being. 

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Art + Soul Sundays: Breathwork and Beats

Sip wine and draw inspiration from artful floral arrangements as you paint an original watercolor work. 

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Watercolor and Wine

Enjoy summer sunsets as irresistible musicals take over the Museum’s outdoor courtyard in a larger-than-life cinematic experience.

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Movies Off the Wall: Wicked

Material Explosion: Pull a Print

Sacramento’s long, hot summers are about to get even more sizzling! Enjoy live music in a loose, easygoing atmosphere at the Crocker’s Jazz Nights.

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Jazz Night: LabRats with Darlene Tellis

Children on the autism spectrum or with other developmental differences are invited to a special morning with their siblings and caregivers. 

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Art on the Spectrum

Explore an array of artmaking experiences and meet fellow creators and expert instructors at stations throughout the Museum.

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